26 April 1978
@AFP speaks to various refugees, who recently fled Cambodia. They report that rice rations increased and some modern medicines like penicillin and aspirin became available, but all said they fled because of fear: https://t.co/kRpbNuUryi
Addressing a rally of >20,000 cadres & peasants in PhnomPenh to start the 3-day celebrations of the 17th April 1975 victory, Khieu Samphan describes the Khmer Rouge’s achievements as “splendid at all levels” & pledges to “exterminate the expansionist Vietnamese”